Cases should be prepared in a written form (10 pages, Times New Roman font 12, single spaced report). Students are required to seek on their own additional information regarding the cases. Texts will be run through anti-plagiarism programs.
MAIN CASE TO REVIEW/ANALYZE: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21579023-retailer-doing-well-business-unfriendly-country-magnit-investors
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21573975-worlds-biggest-gas-producer-ailing-it-should-be-broken-up-russias-wounded-giant
http://www.tiger.edu.pl/onas/piatkowski/Piatkowski_ENG.pdf
• Is transition of post-communist countries over? Why not? Substantiate.
• According to what criteria one can identify different types of post-communist countries?
• Winners and losers of transition game. Who is on the winning side and why?
• Do you agree with generally optimistic scenario developed by dr. Piatkowski? Substantiate your answer.
• Main factors conditioning economic dynamics in different groups of CEE countries.
• Assess the impact of the present crisis of the Euro zone.
• Develop optimistic, pessimistic and the most likely scenarios.
• Characterize the impact of macro-economic environment on management practice and competitiveness on company level.
• Examine examples of two Russian companies: Gazprom and Magnit. Explain the difference.
Guidelines for preparation and presentation of case analysis
1. Look for additional sources of information in the net, in scientific journals and popular press and elsewhere. Use data and information mining techniques.
2. Bring up your analysis to description of the present situation, but do not forget about history either.
3. Do not repeat information included in assigned texts, only very short synopsis followed by extensive analysis and commentary is recommended.
4. Answer all the questions formulated in syllabus.
5. Opinions and ideas different from the ones presented by the instructors are strongly encouraged.
6. When quoting somebody else’s opinion you should give him/her the credit and indicate the source. Remember plagiarism warning.
7. If you cannot answer clearly the question provide alternative options.
8. Do not forget about practicality of managerial thinking. Your analysis should be intended as potentially useful for someone. Imagine for whom.
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